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Comments for "Euro Parliament: Online Games Should Have a "Red Button" for Parents"enRe: Euro Parliament: Online Games Should Have a "Red ...http://www.gamepolitics.com/2009/02/11/euro-parliament-online-games-should-have-quotred-buttonquot-parents#comment-213515
<p>This is for the best, video games brought in shops are at least rated and can&rsquo;t be sold to people under the age rating but <a href="http://www.analogik.org/free-game-downloads.html ">online games</a> have always escaped this. And I know there are some really violent ones out there that would never be allowed to be released in shops. </p>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 01:27:03 +0000timadacomment 213515 at http://www.gamepolitics.comRe: Euro Parliament: Online Games Should Have a "Red Button"http://www.gamepolitics.com/2009/02/11/euro-parliament-online-games-should-have-quotred-buttonquot-parents#comment-195829
<p>&quot;<em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; ">I think someone has been watching too many commercials...ya know, the EASY&nbsp;button.</span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 13px; ">&quot;</span></span></p><p>Methinks you've seen too many Staples advertisements.</p><p>Speaking of Easy Buttons, my dad happens to have one, but doesn't use it for Staples stuff.<br /> <br /> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /> <br /> &quot;Game on, brothers and sisters.&quot; -Leet Gamer Jargon</p>Fri, 13 Feb 2009 14:42:41 +0000Shadow D. Darkmancomment 195829 at http://www.gamepolitics.comRe: Euro Parliament: Online Games Should Have a "Red Button"http://www.gamepolitics.com/2009/02/11/euro-parliament-online-games-should-have-quotred-buttonquot-parents#comment-195818
<p>-ehm-</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I thought, as other have been pointing out that online games allready did have a red button...<br /><br />It is callled 'parental control' in both windows XP, Vista and Vindows 7, too. Also, Xbox Live do have a button where people, yes even parents,&nbsp;can set up the child's Xbox so that they don't play certain games they're not allowed to play...Or they can limit the time, or even block out other people? from talking to the child...</p><p>And the ultimate red button is of course - the on/off button...</p><p>People really need to do something very old school...</p><p>start parenting again...</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p>Fri, 13 Feb 2009 12:59:52 +0000Karsten Aaencomment 195818 at http://www.gamepolitics.comRe: Euro Parliament: Online Games Should Have a "Red Button"http://www.gamepolitics.com/2009/02/11/euro-parliament-online-games-should-have-quotred-buttonquot-parents#comment-195712
<p>I think what annoys me is the idea that business has a responsibility to make life easier for parents. In my opinion there is absolutely nothing out there that says parenting <em>should </em>be easy. It shouldn't. It should be the most difficult, time consuming, important tast in a person's life. If an individual chooses to have kids they should go into it knowing they have made a commitment to a difficult job and one that will require them to devote time and effort into it. They should realize that no matter what the rest of the world chooses to do they will still have a responsibility to their children. Isn't that after all what it is supposed to mean to be a parent?&nbsp;They should know that far from getting easier as time goes in this is a task that will probably get harder as technolgoy develops. People don't think through what it means to have children and so we get parents who believe that their &quot;burden&quot; should be lightened by everyone else. Well, guess what. It's not everyone else's responsibility.</p><p>I'm also sick of this attitude from so many parental groups (please understand I'm not lobbing all parents into this; my rant is very narrow and specifically targeted at lazy, incompentant people and their polititican friends) that the very fact of being a parent makes them special. They love their children. They want to protect them. It's so hard in the world today. Please. They need to grow up and realize that most parents love their children. The ones who actually take the time to be involved in their childrens lives even prove that they love their children by living up to their responsibilities. For to many people &quot;I love my kids&quot; has become something they can say to make themselves feel good or even so that they can play the victim:&nbsp;&quot;I love my kids, please help me protect them from the evil corporations who are (insert video games, advertizements, or anything else that strikes the public's fancy as threat of the moment here)&quot;. </p><p>In our culture we see having kids as a right but we don't really demand that our citizens live up to the responsibility that goes with it. In essence that's where the whole video game debate comes from. How many people out there have kids because they want to validate their own lives? How many have them because <em>they </em>want to be loved or fill a void in their own lives?&nbsp; How many have them just because they can or because their parents pester them for grandchildren?&nbsp;Now, how many people think about what having children will mean before hand and have an idea of what they will do when they actually have kids? It's these different attitudes that spawn either irresponsibility or responsibility. We've been told that it takes a village to raise a child. Well, if the village is raising the child doesn't that give the parent an excuse to step out? </p><p>Sorry, I&nbsp;guess I'm just annoyed today. Please forgive the rant. </p>Fri, 13 Feb 2009 00:54:18 +0000Miangcomment 195712 at http://www.gamepolitics.comRe: Euro Parliament: Online Games Should Have a "Red Button"http://www.gamepolitics.com/2009/02/11/euro-parliament-online-games-should-have-quotred-buttonquot-parents#comment-195654
<p>Hey here's an idea, how about parents learn to be responsible and research the games and game consoles their children want to own, find out all the information they need about ratings, game content and parental controls, and talk to the parents of their kids' friends to make sure they're on the same page about what video games they deem approrpirate for their child?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>You know. PARENTING?</p>Thu, 12 Feb 2009 22:26:47 +0000Saicomment 195654 at http://www.gamepolitics.comRe: Euro Parliament: Online Games Should Have a "Red Button"http://www.gamepolitics.com/2009/02/11/euro-parliament-online-games-should-have-quotred-buttonquot-parents#comment-195514
<p>I think all of you are missing the ACTUAL danger. I think parents should have a big red button that prevents their computer from becoming sentient and carniverous and eating their children. Then we can go around and push the button every night, secure in the knowledge that the computer won't eat our children.</p><p>Then New York can pass legislation that every computer and console have a red button to keep the computer from eating our children and Ohio can pass legislation that if a computer manufactuer advertises that it's computer won't eat your children, you can sue them if the computer DOES&nbsp;actually eat your children.</p>Thu, 12 Feb 2009 19:12:59 +0000mogbertcomment 195514 at http://www.gamepolitics.comRe: Euro Parliament: Online Games Should Have a "Red Button"http://www.gamepolitics.com/2009/02/11/euro-parliament-online-games-should-have-quotred-buttonquot-parents#comment-195478
<p>&quot;What if you forget to give it back? Or you just get lazy and stop doing it after a particularly difficult work week? Or you want to play, after you've taken the power cord away?&quot;</p><p>Yeah. Why put any work into parenting when you can just <a href="http://darkauthority.blogspot.com/2005/05/remote-parenting.html">let a machine take care of your kids</a>.</p>Thu, 12 Feb 2009 18:33:05 +0000Adrian Lopezcomment 195478 at http://www.gamepolitics.comRe: Euro Parliament: Online Games Should Have a "Red Button"http://www.gamepolitics.com/2009/02/11/euro-parliament-online-games-should-have-quotred-buttonquot-parents#comment-195444
<p>What if you forget to give it back? Or you just get lazy and stop doing it after a particularly difficult work week? Or you want to play, after you've taken the power cord away?</p><p>Don't think of this as what your knee-jerk reaction to a single&nbsp;game&nbsp;would be, think about what you would want your long term strategy as a parent&nbsp;to be.</p><p>Also, if you have a souless machine carrying out your will, that means it's going to be very good at being&nbsp;consistent. And&nbsp;don't quote me on this, but I believe one of the Aspects of good parenting is consistency in your decisions.</p>Thu, 12 Feb 2009 17:41:47 +0000G-Meistercomment 195444 at http://www.gamepolitics.comRe: Euro Parliament: Online Games Should Have a "Red Button"http://www.gamepolitics.com/2009/02/11/euro-parliament-online-games-should-have-quotred-buttonquot-parents#comment-195434
<p>What it looks like the EU is suggesting is that Parental Controls should be expanded, that way you can disable on-line play or&nbsp;only allow it during certian time frames, (like when a parent is home) or even for&nbsp;specific games if you so choose. It's not saying, &quot;Let's add a really cool big red button to consoles that powers them down.&quot;</p><p>If I ever&nbsp;spawn, I know I would like to be able to easily&nbsp;utilize controls like this, in addition to many of the controls that already exist.</p>Thu, 12 Feb 2009 17:20:25 +0000G-Meistercomment 195434 at http://www.gamepolitics.comRe: Euro Parliament: Online Games Should Have a "Red Button"http://www.gamepolitics.com/2009/02/11/euro-parliament-online-games-should-have-quotred-buttonquot-parents#comment-195420
<p>It's really really simple. Just take the power cord away. You don't even have to mess with the router in this case.</p>Thu, 12 Feb 2009 16:50:14 +0000Jyrrahcomment 195420 at http://www.gamepolitics.com